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[House  Bill,  No.  2.] 

HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES.— January  20,  18o3.— Read 
first  and  second  times,  made  special  order  for  to-morrow,  21st  January, 
and  from  day  to  day  until  disposed  of,  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Miles,  from  the  Committee  on  Military  Affairs.] 


A.  BILL 

To  be  entitled  An  Act  to  declare  what  persons  shall  be  exempt  from 

military  service. 

1  The    Congress   of  the  Confederate   States   of   America   do  enact, 

2  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  all  white  male 

3  residents  of  the  Confederate  States,  between  the  ages  of  eighteen 

4  and    forty-five     years,     except     those    constituting    the     Exe- 
o  cutive,  Legislative  and  Judicial  authorities  of  the  Confederate 

6  States,  and  of  the  several  States  composing  the  Confederacy,  are, 

7  and  shall  be,  liable  to  military  duty  in  the  service  of  the  Confed- 

8  erate   States,   and  shall  be  duly  enrolled  in  the  same,  in  accor- 

9  dance  with  existing  laws,  and  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws,  excmpt- 
10  ing  any  persons  between  the  said  ages  of  eighteen  and  forty-five 


11  years,  are  hereby  repealed;  Provided,  That  the  Secretary  of  War 

12  shall,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  may  be  prescribed  by 

13  him,   and  with  the  approval   of  the  President,   exempt  from  all 

14  military  service,  or  detail  for  specified  purposes,  such  persom  tr 

15  persons,  as,  with  the  approval  of  the   President,  he  may  deem 

1 6  essential  for  the  good  of  the  service,  or  the  general  interests  of 

17  the  country ;  and  Prauided,  furt/ier.  That  the  enrolment  of  persons 

18  between  forty  and  forty -five  years  of  age,  shall  be  suspended  until 

19  the  President  shall  call  such  persons  into  the  military  service. 


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